I thought these were the coolest way to measure your feet ever. What fond memories I have of getting my stride rite shoes using this tool to measure my ever growing kid foot. I nearly fainted when I purchased this. It was so ingenuous…. and still works today.
Vintage Shoe Store Shoe Measurer
Submitted by snappyp
December 6th, 2009
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Allee Willis
I was obsessed with these as a kid. It made it very exciting to for me to go and get a new pair of marshmallow or patent leather T-straps, penny loafers or white or gray suede lace-ups. Still one of the most beautiful gadgets ever made.
Domitype
In 1950s shoe stores they had public foot x-ray machines right out in the storefront. I can remember sticking my feet in one at a store in San Francisco and seeing my bones!
I don’t recall it looking like this one:
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/06/shoe-fitting-x-ray-machine/
but I was only about 6 years old at the time.
Nessa
A while ago I was watching Jimmy Fallon and he gave away one of these to everyone in the audience. How I wanted to be in that audience.
Allee Willis
Wow, how did he find that many of them?
Nessa
I have no idea!
denny
These are amazing. To think, a foot measurer can bring back so many memories! It reminds me of the Mall in King Of Prussia in PA. The Buster Brown shoe store had a mini door to go thru, of course the mini door was for us kiddies! We were fascinated by these things!